"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime." - Mark Twain, Innocents Abroad


Wednesday, July 27, 2011

The Journey Begins

Sunday was a day full of travel to Washington, DC and meeting the 23 other TITP participants and representatives from Toyota and the Institute of International Education.  Everyone has been wonderful.  Many of the other participants have traveled all over the world and have lots of good advice to offer novices like me.  In the evening, we attended a welcome reception at the United States Botanic Garden, a short walk from our hotel.  In order to use the Garden for functions, the function has to be related to education and be sponsored by a member of Congress.  Our sponsor was Representative Donald M. Payne from New Jersey.  At the reception we got to meet Representative Payne and some of the people who selected us for this journey.  (Today I also got stuck briefly in the hotel elevator.)


Amy, Conrad, and I at the reception.



Nighttime walk back to the hotel past the Capitol.



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3 comments:

  1. MelissaJuly 27, 2011 at 7:32 PM

    Sounds like your trip is off to a GREAT start!!!

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  2. Emily S.July 28, 2011 at 9:36 AM

    What? You got stuck in an elevator?! Write a blog about that!

    Also, post pictures of the food!!!! Have you eaten an ox yet?

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  3. Emily S.July 28, 2011 at 9:37 AM

    Also, your dress is really cute and I really like that picture of the Capitol :)

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